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rtk vs lazygit

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โ— rtk-ai/rtk (86.4K) โ— jesseduffield/lazygit (83.9K)
rtk (51%) lazygit (49%)
โ˜† 86.4Krtk stars
โ˜† 83.9Klazygit stars
+2.5KDifference
rtkStar Leader (1.0x)

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Star Popularity rtk Leads +2.5K stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives rtk Leads 5.5K total community forks
Recent Maintenance lazygit Pushed 2d ago
Licensing Different rtk: Apache-2.0 vs lazygit: MIT

Side-by-Side Facts

Metric rtk-ai/rtk โ†— jesseduffield/lazygit โ†—
DescriptionCLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependenciessimple terminal UI for git commands
GitHub Starsโ˜† 86,352โ˜† 83,869
Forks5,5263,257
Open Issues1,6811,074
Main LanguageRustGo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Last PushNov 12, 2026Nov 12, 2026
GitHub SourceOpen Source โ†—Open Source โ†—

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